Bert Appling
Also Known As: Bert Apling
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Madera, California, USA
Birthday: December 06, 1871
Deathday: January 14, 1960
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Just Pals
Overview: Bim (Buck Jones) seems to be his town's biggest loser, but when he takes a needy 13-year-old boy named Bill (George Stone) under his wing, it seems there may be some hope for Bim. After learning about Bill, a young teacher, Mary (Helen Ferguson), whom Bim secretly adores, helps get the young boy into school. And when Bim then helps Mary repay a loan, defaulted on by shifty boyfriend (William Buckley), it becomes evident that Bim can reform. As the plot in this captivating film twist and turns, the stakes get higher, the action gets more intense and hope for Bim bounds upward.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-10-21
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Men of Daring
Overview: The story is set in the Black Hills of South Dakota circa 1876. While making their way through the Badlands, a religious cult is terrorized by a bandit known only as Black Roger.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-04
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The Light of Western Stars
Overview: A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree Dick swears he will marry the first woman he sees, who happens to be Ruth Hammond, sister of his dead friend, arriving to take charge of the Hammond ranch. Revolted by his rough proposal,she fires him as the Hammond foreman and she proceeds to the ranch. Stack informs her he has purchased the ranch for the payment of the back-due taxes, and she relents and rehires Dick and his friends to aid her in her fight against Stack.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-11-01
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The Best Man
Overview: The Library of Congress lists this as a ‘lost’ film, however a copy exists in the UK. Gordon, disguised as Hayne, meets with the criminals and manages to purloin the stolen code but the real Hayne, who the police have failed to apprehend, gives chase. Gordon escapes in a taxi that had been pre-booked to take Hayne to church to marry Celia. Arriving at the church, and remembering his instructions ‘Let Nothing Hinder You’, Gordon allows himself to be married to Celia while planning how he will escape.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-04
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Mary Ellen Comes to Town
Overview: A simple country girl comes to the big city and is taken advantage of by unscrupulous city-slickers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-03-21
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The End of the Game
Overview: A love story that takes place at the time of the gold rush. Prospector Allister Burke is in love with Mary, but he believe the slanderous lies that are spread by Burke, his competitor.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-03-24
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A Man's Fight
Overview: An impertinent son of a wealthy New Yorker, Roger Carr takes the blame for the murder of Norman Evans, whom Roger believes his sister Ethel shot when Evans assaulted her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-08-10
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The Vengeance Trail
Overview: When a couple of ranch hands frame a youngster in a rustling scheme and a bank robbery, the young man must prove that he is a man.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-10-14
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Western Firebrands
Overview: Silent Western released in 1921
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-11-01
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The Jaws of Justice
Overview: The heroine thinks she is the daughter of a bandit, but instead she is the sheriff's daughter.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-07-18
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The Chaplin Revue
Overview: Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-09-01
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A Dog's Life
Overview: The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-04-14
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Horse Shoes
Overview: A Monty Banks comedy that includes the 'Undressing in the Upper Berth' routine
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-17
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The Grand Passion
Overview: Dick Evans is the corrupt boss of a rough-and-tumble munitions town called Powderville. He hires his friend, Jack Ripley, to establish a newspaper, intending merely to further his own financial ambitions; however, Jack envisions The Trumpet as an instrument of good and soon persuades Dick to clean up Powderville.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-28
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Stormy Waters
Overview: Silent drama film based on the story "Yellow Handkerchief" by Jack London.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-06-01
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A Regular Fellow
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-04-13
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